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Is Zambrano heavyweight champ?

I was having a discussion with a friend about who the best fighters have been among Chicago athletes. And I'm not counting hockey players, because they always fight. I'm talking guys like Olin Kreutz and Dickie Noles Who's your pick?

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Revie Sorey...just ask Vince Evans

Roman responds: I don't remember, did they go at it?

Olin Kreutz, hands down. Broke Fred's jaw, end of discussion. We don't have any real fighters in Chicago. That kind of thing is shunned. Best stare down is Michael Jordan and X-man (Xavier Daniels) when he was with the Knicks.

Oh yeah....you don't remember Vince's staff infection that nearly killed him? Guess how that they found it.
The real story is the reason behind the fight. I could tell you but I don't think you could print it since it was never printed or admitted to and was NEVER openly coverd by the media then or since. I went to school with a guy who was on the Bears in training camp but still kept up with many of the players.
Ask Mully or Biggs...I'm not sure if he covered them in the late 70s/early 80s.

The best solution for Zambrano's anger problems would be for him smoke a little marijuana on his off days. If he was a stoner, I bet he wouldn't be such a knucklehead when he puts his uniform on. Or maybe just a happier, carefree knucklehead.

Bob Sapp. Even though he didn't play a down he's the Ultimate fighting champion in Asia. He's Black Belt Jones all the way.

Olin Kreutz is more of a hothead than a fighter, but his size and demeanor make him a formidable foe. One guy you may not know was a real bad dude in general was Doug Buffone. Played b-ball with he and a couple buddies at the Irving Y.M.C.A. in the seventies, and story after story filled the gym between games. Typical gladiator, not instigator, but always in the mix. Then again, the way he tossed people around in the paint, didn't surprise me one bit. I think I may have taken a rain check on Steve McMichael also. Didn't look like he was all there in his playing days.

Almost forgot about Revie...I also heard the same story about Revie nearly killing Vince Evans for his "indiscretions".

I'll take Dick Butkus, who did his fighting and biting at the bottom of the pile of bodies on top of him after tackling the runner and several of the runner's blockers.
This is my third post today. Do I get a per-word commission?

Doug Atkins: end of discussion.

Nither Butkus nor Da Coach would have crazy enough to tangle with that beast.

McMichael was all talk...there were plenty of cheap shots taken by the Pack against the Bears in the 80's and he never got in the middle of anything.

It's obvious that it was kyle farnsworth. He would destroy anyone.

Roman responds: Good call.

This is so wierd...according to sociologist Gary Sheffield, Latinos like to be seen and not heard.

Only in America can a ballplayer denigrate 2 races and nobody seems put off about it.

In stare-downs, would you rather have Michael J. or Mike Singletary looking at you nose to nose? Jordan always looks rational, even when angry; Singletary looks on the verge of manic hysteria even when calm.

Even though he wore a conch shell necklace well past his 20th birthday, Kyle Farnsworth's Boddy Slam of Cincinnati pitcher Paul Wilson with a picture-perfect tackle in 2003.

This was one of the nastiest HITS a chicago athlete has ever dsitributed. He lifted that dude 8 feet into the air and then literally, drove his entire body with him into the ground.

Second Place: When Mike "almost" swung on Patrick Ewing, but restrained. Cause, seriously, that woulda killed the dude.

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